So…you got a story about the one that away?
How about this one?
These Rainbow Trout are located at Wizard Falls Hatchery, located just off the Metolius River in central Oregon.
More info on the hatchery can be found here.
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Earlier this week, I climbed into my sister’s Jeep and with a friend of mine, headed up into the mountains west of where I live. I was hoping to get some really good shots of really cool critters.
Well, it wasn’t to be. There were people everywhere we went and about three hours into the trip it dawned on us…Columbus Day.
It didn’t stop us from looking so we continued on the planned trip. At one stop at the headwaters of the Metolius River, we were hoping to find spawning Kokanee Salmon. There weren’t any at the headwaters, and later learned they were actually about a quarter mile downstream from where we were, in an area of private land.
But I did notice something in the water there.
Do you see the American Dipper in the middle of the photo? This strange, gray bird loves the water. I have caught glimpses of the species before, as they walked along the bottom of the river or stream I was seeing them in. But was never able to get a shot of them.
Although this guy spent most of his time in the shallows, he would “dip” now and then as can be seen above.
But for the most part, he wandered the shallows, looking for food, staying just far enough away so I couldn’t get a good close shot of him. 8v)
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